Baked Coconut Sweet Potato Fries
Try something different with sweet potatoes. This side dish is always a big hit. Everyone loves these crispy baked coconut sweet potato fries.
We love sweet potatoes in my house.
I make baked or mashed quite often.
I thought of changing things up a little and had some grated coconut in the house and tried this hoping the family would like this new side dish.
Well, they loved it.
So, now this is a staple around here and I even serve these as an appetizer for company.
Add a dipping sauce like this Lemon Garlic Aioli, tastes great together or eat them as is. You’re going to love this way of eating sweet potatoes!
Baked Coconut Sweet Potato Fries
Yields: 4 servings
Calories per serving: 172
Only a handful of ingredients go into this recipe and you already know two of them…
Here are the simple ingredients:
- sweet potatoescoconut oil, melted
- unsweetened grated coconut
- salt and pepper to taste
- coconut cooking spray, if you don’t have this, you can use canola spray
- see full recipe with amounts below in recipe box
How are these baked coconut sweet potatoes made?
Here are the simple and easy directions:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees, line a large cookie sheet or two with non-stick aluminum foil. Mist with cooking spray and set aside.
- Peel and cut potatoes into French fry shapes. Keep them around the same size for even cooking.
- Toss into a large bowl with the melted coconut oil. Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste.
- Lay onto the cookie sheets in a single layer. Bake 15 minutes, take out and shake the pan around or with tongs, turn the potatoes over so each side gets nice and crispy. (Remember, the oven is very hot so make sure you use heavy oven mitts.)
- Place back in oven and bake an additional 15 minutes. One more time, take out, sprinkle coconut and place back in for 5 more minutes.
- Let sit on a cooling rack for 5 minutes. Serve up!
You can always eat these fries plain and even with a crinkle cut…
Look at this beautiful vegetable.
Baked Coconut Sweet Potato Fries
Ingredients
- 3 medium to large sweet potatoes
- 2 - 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/4-1/2 cup unsweetened grated coconut
- salt and pepper to taste
- Coconut cooking spray, if you don’t have this, you can use canola spray
Instructions
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1.Preheat oven to 425 degrees, line a large cookie sheet or two with non-stick aluminum foil. Mist with cooking spray and set aside.
2.Peel and cut potatoes into French fry shapes. Keep them around the same size for even cooking.
3.Toss into a large bowl with the melted coconut oil. Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste.
4.Lay onto the cookie sheets in a single layer. Bake 15 minutes, take out and shake the pan around or with tongs, turn the potatoes over so each side gets nice and crispy. (Remember, the oven is very hot so make sure you use heavy oven mitts.)
5.Place back in oven and bake an additional 15 minutes. One more time, take out, sprinkle coconut and place back in for 5 more minutes.
6.Let sit on a cooling rack for 5 minutes. Serve up!
Just these few ingredients makes the most delicious side dish or appetizer.
Here’s the aioli dip again. So delicious with these fries or any savory dish. It’s an easy-peasy recipe .
4 Ingredient Lemon Garlic Aioli
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